US House Science and Tech Subcommittees To Discuss Blockchain For Supply Chain Management

On May 8, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, two US House subcommittees will gather for a hearing titled Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Improve Supply Chain Management and Combat Counterfeit Goods.

The Subcommittee on Research and Technology and the Subcommittee on Oversight, along with four other subcommittees, are part of the larger US House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology, which has authority over federal scientific research and development that is not related to national defense. Agencies that fall under its purview include NASA, the Department of Energy, and the EPA, among others.

A previous hearing that brought the two subcommittees together in February was called Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging Applications for Blockchain Technology. It was there that chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee Ralph Abraham said, "If I understand the technology, it's going to be transformational."

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